State Assistance Programs for SSI Recipients, January 2004

Michigan

State Supplementation

Mandatory Minimum Supplementation

Administration: Social Security Administration.

Optional State Supplementation

Administration: Michigan State Family Independence Agency administers optional supplementation for recipients living independently or living in the household of another. All other supplementation is administered by the Social Security Administration.

a. Payment levels for essential person apply only to cases converted from the state rolls in 1974.

DEFINITIONS:

Living independently

Includes all eligible recipients who are not included in any other state living arrangement, recipients residing in facilities where Medicaid is not paying more than 50 percent of the cost of care, and recipients residing in publicly operated emergency shelters throughout a month.

Living in the household of another

Includes recipients with no essential person who are residing in a federal Code B living arrangement.

D: Domiciliary care

Includes recipients residing in licensed nonmedical facilities that provide room, board, and supervision. The state certifies which recipients are residents requiring this level of care.

E: Personal care facility

Includes recipients residing in licensed nonmedical facilities that provide general supervision, physical care, and assistance in carrying out the basic activities of daily living. The state certifies which recipients are residents requiring this level of care.

F: Home for the aged

Includes recipients residing in nonmedical facilities for the aged. The state certifies which recipients are residents requiring this level of care. Such care situations include, but are not limited to, licensed homes for the aged.

G: Living independently with an essential person

Includes recipients with an essential person who are not living in the household of another. Children under age 18 are excluded.

H: Living in the household of another with an essential person.

Includes recipients with an essential person who are residing in a federal Code B living arrangement. Children under age 18 are excluded.

I: Medicaid facility

Includes recipients residing in a federal Code D living arrangement.

Number of recipients: See Table 2.

Table 2. Number of persons receiving optional state supplementation, January 2004

Living arrangement

Statecode

Total

Aged

Blind

Disabled

Adults

Children

All recipients

--

--

--

--

--

Living independently or living in the household of another

. . .

--

--

--

--

--

Domiciliary care

D

20

0

0

20

0

Personal care facility

E

13,910

450

70

12,540

850

Home for the aged

F

690

210

0

480

0

Living independently with an essential person

G

0

0

0

0

0

Living in the household of another with an essential person

H

0

0

0

0

0

Medicaid facility

I

2,180

260

20

1,740

160

NOTE: -- = not available; . . . = not applicable.

State Assistance for Special Needs

Administration

Michigan State Family Independence Agency.

Special Needs Circumstances

Personal care and home help: For recipients living independently, payment for help required with personal care and household activities (maximum of $333 per month).

State emergency relief: Services provided for a number of needs arising from specific acceptable causes beyond the recipient's resources to control. Acceptable causes include:

Fires, floods, and other physical disasters;

Eviction or foreclosure;

Home repairs necessary to protect health; and

Utility shutoff.

State disability assistance:SSI recipients are eligible if state disability assistance standards indicate that their needs are greater than their SSI payment plus other income.

Medicaid

Eligibility

Criteria:SSI program guidelines (Title XVI).

Determined by: Social Security Administration.

Medically Needy Program

State provides a program for the aged, blind, and disabled medically needy.